History Flashcards
What is the idea waste management hierarchy
From start:
1.source reduction (reducing packaging when manufactured)
- waste minimization
- Reuse (free cycle)- give it away for free
- Recycle (find a new use for something)
- Treatment and energy recovery
- disposal
What is someone who studies waste management
A garbologist
What are 4 of dealing with waste over human history
- Dumb
- Burn
- Recycle
- waste minimization
What was waste management like in like in 1000BC
We began to establish permanent settlements
-we could no longer just walk away from waste
What was waste management like in 400BC Athens
1st municipal dump
What was waste management called in 200BC
1st garbage collection (Romans)
What does the bible verse “though I descend into Sheoal, thou art there”
-Sheol = a simp in Palestine
They thought it was hell because of the combustion of methane
What was waste management like in 2000BC -900 AD with the mayans in central America
Spont combustion happened here too
What was waste management like in 1388 England
Banned dumping of waste in ditches
What was waste management like in 1657 manhattan New York
Stopped allowing waste to be thrown in the streets
What was waste management in 1400 Paris
They pilled wast so high outside the wall that enemy troops could climb it
It became a defence issue
Waste management of 1800 USA
Pigs running loose in the streets eating garbage
But they would leave urine and manure behind
1874 Nottingham England
The destroyer
-1st incinerator
How many pigs does it take to eat one ton of garbage in a day
75
Summary of approach to waste
- Walk away
- dilution and dispersion -> throw into oceans and rivers
- Contain and concentrate
- Recycle waste to energy
What are some of today’s issues
- Funding limitations
- Growing population
- Public awareness
